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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 197 Rough Draft

The Splinter maneuvered over to the fancy chest floating in the smoke, and Ozzy hoisted it up and placed it down in the middle of the raft. It wasn't large, only A couple of feet wide and ...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 125 Rough Draft

EDIT: This didn't paste correctly, paragraphs missing. Off to find them and do the final rewrite.



A little short, but those boys were pretty fragile when I worked out their stats com...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 124 Rough Draft

Milo left the house of the Shadow Skulker clan in a good mood. He was getting tired of having to play 'surprise' and be on guard all the time. It was good for his perception, but he had a lot of th...

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I have a Grand Daughter!

Which means I'm not getting much done this weekend except watching my youngest kids while my wife is down with my oldest daughter helping with the new baby. 9 pounds, everything going fine.  View Post

Tunnel Rat Chapter 122

Charlotte was annoyed. This was one of her three main emotions. Annoyed, frustrated, and arrogance vied for the number one emotion. A few other emotions kept trying to enter the mix, but a few like...

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When things don't work

Not a chapter, just some mustings. Sometimes things don't work out like you planned. Stories roll around in my head and sound good. Then you put them down on paper, and toss them to readers. Feedba...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 196 Rough Draft

Quite rough, I do fights all at once otherwise it's hard to keep the action straight in my head. I'll be going over this again before publishing.

Captain Jacob 'Blackfetter'  &n...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 123 Rough Draft

The hat was silly. A plain black skull-cap with round fake ears that stuck up obnoxiously, making sure everyone noticed the outsider in the room. And because "all outsiders look alike", his new nam...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 195 Rough Draft

Fishing progressed as the night got darker. Woodrat explained that it was prime feeding time for many species. As the smoke cooled a little it was easier to spot prey that couldn't shield its heat,...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 194 Rough Draft

Captain Woodrat (Mate, Veteran Shipwright) Level: 6      Much better thank you, Warming up

Smoke: 932/1125  Heat: 657/1525  Fuel: 621/1620

Part of Woodrat was stunn...

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Butcher of Gadobra, another chapter 193 Rough Draft

I shifted 193 down to 192 to do several Ozzy chapters together, then we'll get back to Billy and the rest of the gang. The lines at the end will be in a table. Patreon just doesn't like those
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Tunnel Rat Chapter 121 Rough Draft

Old Healer had long ago cultivated patience to a point where there was little left that surprised him. A rampaging Cheese Fiend pursuing two of his first-year students through the marketplace made ...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 193 Rough Draft

This type of chapter is tough. Lots of dialog and trying to infodump but not infodump. And also keep the characters acting correctly. Ozzy will always want to know the system, both social and game ...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 192 Rough Draft

"Toss the little bone-gnawers four barrels today, looks like feeding time is popular with them." Billy was balancing on a stack of three barrels to get a good look at the area they had dumped barre...

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Tunnel Rat 120 Rough Draft

Not sure on this one. Going to look at it again and add more I think

It was indeed little fishies day. Each of the little blind cave trout were half a foot long and they had been fried in oi...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 119

This wasn't a fight to first blood. They were fighting until one side or another yielded. Gilad urged them on and kept them fighting. There was no rest. The three players were only in the first tie...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 118, Revised

I decided to split the fight into two chapters and expand each half. Here is the revised 118 with the first part of the fight and a little more Larry.

It took a few minutes for an excited La...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 191 Rough Draft

Ozzy had vague memories of falling round and round for a long time, unable to control his movement or even feel his body. After some timeless period, he finally felt more like himself, his mind cle...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 190 Rough Draft

The ghouls of Hungrytown heard the footsteps and the creak of wagons, and then they could smell the sweet stench of the living. They prepared to grab anyone who stepped to close to the edge of the ...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 118 Raw, just written, not edited

It took a few minutes for an excited Larry to calm down. Milo finally asked him about his house, and Larry sat him down on a pillow and gave his head one last pat. Larry sat on his bed, happy to sh...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 189 Rough Draft

The regular intro the Ozzy having fun in the smoke. You got a much expanded version that takes place before and leading up to this, so a little overlap.

Woodrat considered this to be a decent...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 188 Rough Draft

After many sips of fermented apple beverages, the totally normal guy sitting in the tavern doing totally normal things was ready to render his judgement. Someone had decided to call him Bob, and th...

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Pinching Penny Pinchers

six months ago, in the city of Northguard...

"And how is his exalted cheapness this morning?" The cook was debating if she should reuse the tea leaves from yesterday, or use fresh. View Post

Tunnel Rat Chapter 117 Rough Draft

This was an old tunnel, and unused for a long time. Milo had a lot of experience moving through dusty ductwork and unused corridors. Dust would settle slowly based on air movement. Small spiderwebs...

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Butcher of Gadobhra Chapter 186 Rough Draft

Just finished, fairly rough. The second half especially needs a second run through to get the conversations correct.

"Ah, M'lord, I see that you are refreshing your spirit by sitting upon t...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 116 Rough Draft

Something had died.

As Milo woke up, the smell hit him hard. Something rotten and foul was nearby. He eyed the desiccated skeleton, but it was long dead, the few scraps of skin and fur left...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 114 Rough Draft

Sorry, out of order.

Char, aka Charlotte, aka 'Partner', Princess Stabbypants', 'Charred-Earth', and 'Heart-taker' was delighted to do nothing but watch as events unfolded. She had been conc...

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Tunnel Rat Chapter 115 Rough Draft

After logging out of the game, Milo decided to stay inside his pod. He needed to do some thinking, and wanted to access the datanet, specifically the forums where people discussed GENESIS. In the g...

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Chapter 185 Butcher of Gadobhra: Talking with Joe

There's an Ozzy sized hole in town, and an out of control Charnel Pit
This is a little rough and needs going over.
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Ben saw Rolly coming into the Town Hall. ...

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Chapter 184 Rough Draft Butcher of Gadobhra

This is mostly done.  Alwn is a Fae Lord, not a big one, but he still comes with a lot of baggage of how he sees himself vs 'human peasants'. He's never had to work to hard, and he can easily ...

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